don't trust the MCI defence anyway. shipped Komp out this week.

Kompany & Ramsey --> Baines & Rodwell? Just a thought

Brown --> J Evans?

Your team isn't too shabby there, don't panic. I wouldn't be taking VDV out - he's got 1 more week for me I reckon.

for Given? forget it.

I'd downgrade one of your 6m midfielders- probably Ramsey if Drenthe is fit, to a >5m midfielder. This will give you much more money to play with to either upgrade your defense/ midfield.

Cabaye is worth considering for a few weeks .. Rodwell if he's fit

I would consider Ethrington, I'm waiting till weekend as very possible Drente could surface.

o hara has good fixtures if it a punt you want to take

would leave you enough money to upgrade ramsey to walters/larsson then

I've also been scouting in that price bracket, although I'm selling Ramsey.
I've been considering O'hara or Jarvis?

i was hoping he'd start. O'hara and hopefully cabaye/hba look like decent options

Formica/Vuckevic

Jarvis, perhaps ... 🙂

Formica, 5.0 and WBA,BOL,STO,FUL before january wc. Use the extra cash to upgrade elsewhere?

with fixtures in mind O'Hara, Rodwell or even, perhaps HBAA

I'd be tempted to get Wilkinson and/or Begovic out of there.

Maybe Wilkinson --> J Evans but it's hardly exciting!

Cabaye > Ramires?

bit of CHE cover away at WIG this week.

your team is v similar to mine. i shipped komp for verm. i think newcastle will concede. coloccini is a big loss

if in doubt pick the guy at home

Krul

then my decision to captain Krul has sneaked under the radar......

Thanks

9/1 on Van Persie to score? I might take that...

You are forgetting BIg Ayegbeni from that list! 15/2.

Where is Rvp...oh way down the bottom...

ouch... that Jan WC can't come soon enough?

good idea JoA!

Frtaboy this keeper malarkey is tough, everytime I look at Foster's fixtures I get games where I just go NO, but that happens with every keeper, I just can't shake the fact that I think there may be better keepers for less (Sorensen, Hennessey) or similar amounts (Schwarzer)

2 transfers, haha what'd I say?
What were they?

Sell him, you have all the best midfielders 🙁

everybody did vdv>>>bale because it was affordable

well, VDV is now a differential

its between ade and studge for me so for you id say ade

and even who to captain? and maybe stick with team and get Gower in for dyer?

You have to keep VDV for Sunderland at home. Not taking the penalty against Stoke was a huge surprise (for me anyway), but he's on corners and set pieces and a lot of Tottenham's play goes through him.

I can see games where Adebayor is picked up by the centre back partnership and VDV is left to ghost in and receive the cut-backs from Bale and Lennon. I'm going to keep the faith for now.

bosingwa out, jevans or maybe samba in. then play 433 this week

Have you had Bos for long? If so, why. Your better of dropping him for a cheap def like caulker and upgrading Pilk. I have VDV and im finding it difficult to take him out at home to SUN... One mmore week for me

think if u have bale as back up, might b worth getting rid to have man u or chelsea players, def get shot of bosingwa, if only cause i have to think twice every time how to spell his name.

Well done

RVP and then Bale has been amazing.

Very nice. On a similar run myself.

12 green arrows... 1 mil to 3k. no hits. sorry.. I couldn't help myself!

Nice interista, currently working my way up from ~800,000 four weeks ago to 400,000. Not quite as smooth progress as yours though...

Deeecent!

Begovic is gonna steal his place back and you'll cry 😛

Vorm is a must at home regardless of who Swansea are playing.

Swansea away that low - sod off. Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal 1-0

City can't keep clean sheets but they aren't conceding goals, i'd say they are over Stoke.

How many clean sheets have Arsenal kept in the last 10 games? I would think they have one of the best defences?

id go with vdv this week to see what happens, first game after injury he was very grey but now he's much better

Don't go near either midfield, really not worth the spot in your team. How about this?

Pilkington>Romeu?

It would be fun 🙂

HBA is quite popular around, you could try....

I would rather have Tiote than Ben Arfa ...

If you can squeeze an extra .1, you could have Jarvis ...

he's a 2 pt man, so if ur not hoping for more he's the perfect fit

No. I hate doubling up on defence.

1 word
NO

I agree on Browneye out, but not for JE since you have Jones.

I can see ManU conceding vs QPR(Helguson will be back) and Fulham(Allways difficult)

Thank you chaps

That offends my eyes

That team is pretty dam good!

You'd think so!

I-N-S-A-N-E

Stark raving MAD.

Mad does not cover it ... who do you think you're playing instead who will be scoring loads of points this week? I've had a look at your team and ... no .... I don't even know why you'd think that.

Could be inspired.

Pretty mad. If Arsenal score, RVP will be involved somehow.

Straight jacket, ahoy!

MAD
Why ? See Chelsea game for details.

MAD as i put him as captain... scored against MU and Chelsea away...

i guess RVP will be in the starting 11. Thanks 🙂

People said the same against Chelsea and he ended up scoring a hat-trick, Always discount the fixtures especially when you are holding an elite player

NOT MAD
IN LA LA LAND

Kelly

shotton looked good as right winger but once pennant is back...
he is naturally an attacking RB but stoke cant fit such a player unless they are a goal or 2 down
so he will be a frustration imo unless pulis decides to throw caution away and go with an attacking wingback
caulker is always under threat of rotation from monk, especially this week if newcastl will paly with midgets in CB, since monk is always dangerous on set peices.
the other will consistently return 1-2 pts

Apparently I look a bit like podolski...

Since my wife is German, I've followed the national team for a few years. I always thought Poldi was a great player. Couldn't understand his lack of success at club level.

Podolski is an absolute beast, he's lethal, efficient, and fast. Like a BMW you might say. Going on stereotypes here.

Yes, quite possibly. Waiting to see if he continues starting then I might put him in in a couple of weeks...

Afternoon gents...I posted this last night, worth consideration though:

I posted on the Stoke City ‘Oatcake’ site concerning Ryan Shotton’s (4M Stoke player classed as a defender, but playing somewhat OOP on the right of midfield) chances of holding down a starting place. Some interesting replies for those that are interested:

“Some way off yet but game time will make him better, he needs to get over beating himself up about any mistakes he makes and just get on with his game. He miss timed a ball in the box yesterday and after that he seemed to make a number of other silly minor mistakes because the inital one was on his mind…Other than that thought once again showed he has the raw material to make him a future stalwart of the team.”

“I hope he plays Sat because I think he will rip the dingles a new arse.”

“Played a solid game yesterday and helped at the back when he was needed. He showed willingness to take on his man with decent pace and put a few lovely crosses into the box. Add that to the fact he has a peach of a throw on him, hasn’t found his position yet and he’s only 23 and you get a lad that has great potential…If this talk of Pennant leaving us in January is true, I’d personally love to see him get a starting position as it will increase his experience ten-fold.”

“Better as a winger than a full back, needs a bit more game time to prove himself.”
“What he isn’t, and never will be, is a Premiership right winger or midfielder, irrespective of what he’s doing now. It’s possible he might make it at full back but I still doubt it in the long term. And as for potential, if he’s 23 ( I thought he was 22) then how long does that take to come through? He’s in danger of becoming overrated.”

Essou Ekoto knew he’d been in a game yesterday..bet he was gald to get back on the bus down saaarrff...Physically Shotts was too much for him, technically he’s allright and plays to his strengths. Nothing flash just hard to knock off the ball and backs himself, decent delivery too. Could be our most improved player by the end of this season if he keeps putting in performances like that one against Spurs.”

“i think theres a lot more to come from him, looking at yesterdays match, there is definately promise in him as a winger. He caused Assou-Ekotto a fair few problems in the firsthalf, and even when he began to tire in the second half, he still managed to carry the ball a good 50/60 yards down the line (something only a few stoke players can do). These surely are good signs for the future.”

“Me,I think he’s a good squad player but he’s not good enough to hold down a regular spot…YET…Pennants a better play but if his Stoke career is over we need to get someone in in january,otherwise Shotton will have to learn quickly…Someone used the word naive yesterday and I’ll go with that”

“His crossing isn’t good enough and for all his endeavour he doesn’t have enough ability to be able to beat full backs with the regularity that we need. He’s more likely to ‘make it’ (regular Premier League starts) as a an attacking fullback but that isn’t really a role we have at Stoke…There’s certainly room for him in our squad but I see him as being a sort of Danny Pugh type utility player. Hope he proves me wrong.”

“Some things he did very well, some things he looked naive and quite a few mistakes were made . He’s still learning and looks a very promising player in the years to come.”

“There is certainly an amount of pressure on Ryan and this is probably self made pressure. He has broken into the First team and knows that TP will be putting him under scrutiny during this period and you can tell that when he makes mistakes it gets to him.”

“Its all or nothing with Ryan. I remember the game against Spurs in the Cup. His crossing and general play was pretty poor that day. Yet on Sunday, in the first half, he was up and down and putting decent balls into the box and was my MOM for that half. Into the 2nd half and it was a different story. He was struggling to put the balls into the right areas and making the wrong decisions. There were a few times where I was pretty sure that if Pennant would of been on we would of punished Spurs on the counter. I do think that his improvement gives us hope, but not as a wide midfielder. Ryan is best concentrating on nailing down a full back slot. He could give us another attacking dimension from full back as he does give us more quality in the final third than any of the other contenders for that slot.”

“Although he’s played quite a few games in the Europa League, the last two matches are the first he’s started and completed in the Premier League. He needs a good run of games to get acclimatised to the pace and intensity of the Premier League, but once he’s done that I think there’s a great chance he can really compete for that right wing berth…Some of his mistakes are simply down to inexperience, but the more he plays those will hopefully become less frequent, and he has to work on his delivery, though that was much improved on Sunday until late on when he tired…And anyway, judging by his Radio Stoke interview on Sunday, TP clearly thinks the sun shines out of arse, so that’s a good start. “

source: http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Potters&action=display&thread=180771